North Koreans Launch Missile,
Stirring Call to Halt U.S. Funds

WASHINGTON -- North Korea, in yet another foreign-policy woe for the Clinton administration, fired a two-stage missile, part of which flew over Japan before plunging into the Pacific Ocean.

North Korea's provocative act comes as U.S. lawmakers are already skeptical about a 1994 agreement under which Pyongyang receives some U.S. assistance and will get two new nuclear reactors in exchange for freezing its nuclear program. Recent...